Senior Legal Counsel, EU Employment Law

Company Description

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

Job Description

About the opportunity

Real influence. Real support. No limits. As a Senior Legal Counsel, EU Employment Law, you'll advise Delivery Hero on employment law for platform work worldwide, from rider classification risk to litigation strategy. You'll join the Legal Logistics team and work with Product, Tech and Operations to shape the future of delivery in a fast-changing regulatory landscape.

Join the team that protects and enables Delivery Hero's growth. In the Legal Team, you'll support key initiatives by providing proactive legal guidance that aligns business goals with regulatory standards. Your work will help mitigate risks and ensure we're positioned for sustainable, long-term success—making you a key contributor to our mission of delivering amazing experiences worldwide.

• Lead the management of platform worker and rider classification risks globally, working closely with international employment lawyers across the Group.

• Monitor and manage high-profile litigation and regulatory investigations, and develop defense strategies in collaboration with local legal counsel.

• Partner with Product, Tech and Operations teams to understand delivery operations and the tech stack, and support the development of next-generation delivery solutions.

• Support cross-functional teams in exploring new business models and strategic opportunities related to platform work.

• Track and analyze legislative and regulatory developments impacting platform work, and advise Public Policy teams at HQ and market level.

• Act as a subject-matter expert, advising senior management and stakeholders across the Group. The role includes limited international travel (up to 10%).

Qualifications

What you need to be successful

• Fully qualified employment lawyer in an EU jurisdiction, with extensive experience in employment law, including at least 6 years in a law firm environment and a strong background in litigation.

• Deep expertise in platform work and worker classification, with hands-on experience interpreting and applying the EU Platform Workers Directive and related employment legislation.

• Strong legal judgment and the ability to influence, demonstrated through advising senior stakeholders and working across multi-jurisdictional and cross-functional teams.

• Excellent communication and drafting skills, including legal drafting, executive-level communication and clear slide presentations.

• Ability to work across teams in fast-changing environments and take on tasks beyond the core role when needed.

• Full professional proficiency in English (working language) and fluency in at least one additional European language, with willingness to be based in or relocate to one of our markets in the EU.

Nice to have

• Prior in-house experience (1–3 years).

Additional Information

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week

• We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service

• We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.

• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation & Gym. 

• Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank,  Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan

• The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers and Food Vouchers. 

• Wondering what relocating to Berlin is like? In this article, we’ve put together 10 things you should know about moving to Berlin  and how Delivery Hero can support you. You can also visit our relocation hub and check out more information about moving to Berlin.

• Ready to prepare for your interview? Check out the list of the 5 most common interview questions and answers created in collaboration with our recruiters.

Heads up: exact benefits may look a little different for intern, working student, fixed-term, and part-time roles.

Ready to join our team? If you’re excited to grow, collaborate and be part of the world’s leading delivery platform, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you.

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